I do think women avoid power. Power assumes responsibility and accountability, and I think many, many women want to have it both ways.
I'm not a person who worries too much about what I've done.
I always feel bad for those who, in a sense, cede their authority to others, let others make major decisions about their life and actually believe them. When you're tiny, you have no choice. But as soon as your mind starts working, you pretty well figure it out. And you realize you're a hostage until you're old enough to leave. But as long as you have that goal - I will get out of here - you'll be OK.
One thing Mom taught me, "You're going to be dead a long time, so do it now!"
What's the point of prolonging your life if you don't enjoy it? It's your body. Do whatever you want with it. Better to wear out than rust over.
American hunting is quite different from English hunting because we don't hunt to kill. Even if I wanted to kill a fox, I couldn't. They're too smart and they have too many ways to escape me, whereas they don't in England.
I write poetry. It comes naturally to me, but from a technical point of view it forces me to pay close attention to language and to scan.
I had to learn the image is not the word, which is a jolt for a literary soul. But it has served me well in terms of understanding plot, in terms of watching actors develop characters.
I love literature, the English language and storytelling. I also have thirty horses and seventy foxhounds to feed.
Knowing Latin and having two years of Attic Greek gave me the strong foundation upon which I've built a career. I think the classical training, more than anything, has provided me with longevity.
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